Westmoreland Heritage Trail
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The Westmoreland Heritage Trail is a partially completed rail trail in southwestern Pennsylvania. As of 2019, 18.0 miles of the 21.9 planned miles of trail are complete, including an 8.7 mile section
The (approximate) site where the Haymaker brothers struck natural gas in Murrysville, PA on November 3, 1878
The Westmoreland Heritage Trail in B-Y Park; Trafford, PA
The WHT crosses over the Conemaugh River and under Rt 981 in Loyalhanna Township, PA
The Westmoreland Heritage Trail (left) meets the West Penn Trail in Saltsburg, PA
Turtle Creek is a 21.1-mile-long tributary of the Monongahela River that is located in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Situated at its juncture with the Monongah
Westmoreland Heritage Trail
…between different watersheds. Beginning at the planned eastern terminus at 772.1' by the location of the former Trafford North Station, the trail follows Turtle Creek toward its headwaters near PA Route 66. Here the Pennsylvania Railroad's track maps show the old right of way crossing under the route through a tunnel…
Turtle Creek, as seen looking north from the George Westinghouse Bridge
Photo of the George Westinghouse Bridge over the Turtle Creek Valley.
The Westinghouse Floodgates in East Pittsburgh PA in 2017